Critical observations regarding videolaparoscopic appendicectomy

Authors

  • Benjamín Deulofeu Betancourt Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Zenén Rodríguez Fernández Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Ernesto Manzano Horta Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Elvia Cremé Lobaina Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Alfredo Rodríguez Morales Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Keywords:

acute appendicitis, appendicectomy, surgical treatment, conventional surgery, videolaparoscopic surgery, emergency medical services, secondary health care.

Abstract

Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen requiring immediate surgical treatment. Although many patients have received the benefits of the videolaparoscopic appendicectomy, there are controversies regarding its systematic use in this disease.  To achieve this, a literature review was carried out in which some updated elements on this technique are exposed, which, given its diagnostic and therapeutic usefulness, is progressively occupying its place as election procedure in any phase during the morbid process. All these justifies the necessity of deepening in the main cognitive aspects related to this topic, because this is the way to rise the assistance quality in hospitals and, with that premise, to have uniform performance protocols that will benefit those who present this frequent disease.  

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Published

2015-09-11

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Deulofeu Betancourt B, Rodríguez Fernández Z, Manzano Horta E, Cremé Lobaina E, Rodríguez Morales A. Critical observations regarding videolaparoscopic appendicectomy. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 11 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];19(9). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/438

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Vol. 19 No. 9 (2015): MEDISAN

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